MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 33.12,-100.16 Latitude: 33.12 Longitude: -100.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 94 SFC 951 531 26.6 19.9 67 6.7 21.8 75 8 304.1 306.9 296.7 350.3 15.55 2 950 540 26.8 19.6 65 7.2 21.6 77 9 304.4 307.2 296.6 349.8 15.25 3 900 1018 25.6 16.8 58 8.8 19.4 102 13 307.9 310.4 296.3 348.5 13.46 4 850 1520 22.9 15.4 62 7.6 17.7 135 13 310.2 312.6 296.6 349.9 13.02 5 800 2047 20.4 12.4 60 8.0 15.0 171 11 312.9 315.1 296.2 348.0 11.38 6 750 2601 16.2 9.7 65 6.6 12.0 193 9 314.2 316.1 295.7 345.6 10.10 7 700 3184 11.8 7.0 73 4.7 8.8 218 8 315.5 317.2 295.2 343.8 9.04 8 650 3801 7.7 4.0 77 3.7 5.5 251 6 317.6 319.2 294.9 342.5 7.85 9 600 4456 3.5 0.1 78 3.4 1.6 319 5 320.2 321.4 294.5 340.9 6.44 10 550 5158 -0.4 -4.1 76 3.7 -2.3 348 6 323.6 324.6 294.4 340.5 5.14 11 500 5915 -4.7 -8.9 72 4.2 -6.6 331 4 327.3 328.1 294.4 340.4 3.91 12 450 6737 -10.0 -13.9 73 4.0 -11.5 280 5 330.7 331.3 294.5 340.7 2.90 13 400 7635 -15.4 -19.9 69 4.4 -16.9 268 9 334.9 335.3 294.8 341.9 1.98 14 350 8632 -21.3 -26.3 64 5.0 -22.6 271 12 340.0 340.3 295.4 344.8 1.28 15 300 9752 -29.1 -30.8 85 1.8 -29.5 283 15 344.4 344.6 296.2 348.1 0.97 16 250 11029 -38.9 -39.0 100 0.0 -38.9 303 25 348.2 348.3 296.7 350.3 0.52 17 200 12518 -51.6 -51.9 97 0.3 -51.6 314 29 351.1 351.1 297.0 351.7 0.16 18 150 14318 -66.1 -66.8 92 0.6 -66.1 328 32 356.1 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.03 19 100 16691 -76.0 -81.5 42 5.5 -76.0 35 5 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.29 m Freezing level: 555.10 mb = 5086.54 m = 16687.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.29 mb = 4739.59 m = 15549.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.88 % Est. max temperature: 35.24 C = 95.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.70 mb = 1389.62 m = 4559.08 ft T: 23.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 9.44 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.48 mb = 2928.47 m = 9607.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.30 C = 99.15 F Cap Strength: 5.04 C Lifted Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.36 C Showalter Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.62 C Cross Totals Index: 20.06 C K Index: 38.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 309.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 228.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.54 mb = 2051.58 m = 6730.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.54 mb = 3997.79 m = 13115.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 274.54 mb = 10373.26 m = 34032.59 ft B at Equ Level: 308.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.54 mb = 14131.92 m = 46363.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.2 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 212.2 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -126.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 73.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 13.14 Bulk Shear: 23.52 m/s